Samantha Cooperate Defect Steve Cooperate 4, 4 -2, 2 Defect 2,-2 0,0 a. Consider two periods of (C,C) followed by one period of (D,C) then (D,D) in the stage game above. What is the discounted utility for both players? b. For what values of the discount factor, is it rational for Player 1 to deviate to D in the first period? Show your work. (You can type in "Delta" to represent 8)

Samantha Cooperate Defect Steve Cooperate 4, 4 -2, 2 Defect 2,-2 0,0 a. Consider two periods of (C,C) followed by one period of (D,C) then (D,D) in the stage game above. What is the discounted utility for both players? b. For what values of the discount factor, is it rational for Player 1 to deviate to D in the first period? Show your work. (You can type in "Delta" to represent 8)

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Chapter8: Game Theory

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